Draghi defends bond-buying plan in lion's denReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi gave a robust defense of his bond-buying plan to ease the euro zone's debt crisis, telling skeptical German lawmakers that fears of illegal funding of governments or stoking inflation are ...

Debt crisis: as it happened - October 24, 2012Telegraph.co.uk... defended his bond-buying plans, and David Cameron may have landed himself in hot water over tomorrow's GDP figures. For all the latest developments you can follow them here and we'll be back in the morning with the next installment of Debt Crisis Live.Telegraph.co.uk

Euro zone debt jumps to 90 pct/GDP in Q2 -EurostatReutersBy Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Euro zone government debt rose to 90 percent of the single currency area's gross domestic product in the second quarter of 2012 from 88.2 percent in the first three months, data from the European ...

Analysis: Poland leans towards euro entry despite crisisReuters"Poland, which is outside the euro zone, is affected by it (through the financial markets) and is paying a price for the crisis. Yet it has no influence over the decision-making process inside the bloc," Roman Kuzniar, an adviser to Polish President ...

This is an assault on living standards set to run and run - Telegraph: "Close to the start of the economic crisis, someone I've always considered one of the City's more astute practitioners privately ventured what seemed a somewhat startling prediction – by the time it was all over, average living standards in Britain and many of other advanced economies would have fallen in real terms by 20pc or more."

Euro dips on German data, shares up as Fed eyedReuters"A lot of companies are saying they exited the quarter weaker than where they entered," he added. "A lot are resetting expectations ahead of the fiscal cliff." The euro fell against the dollar and yen on unexpectedly weak German data. But the euro's ...

Copper steady on China optimism, euro zone weighsReutersGerman business sentiment dropped for the sixth successive month in October, in a surprise fall that was bigger than even the lowest forecasts, signaling that the debt crisis is hitting home in Europe's largest economy. Benchmark three-month copper on ...

Euro edges lower after German data; Fed decision loomsReutersEuropean Central Bank President Mario Draghi made a robust defense of his bond-buying plan to ease the euro zone's debt crisis, telling German lawmakers their fears of illegal funding of governments or stoking inflation are misplaced. The euro also hit ...

Buffett resumes travel, says economy is 'inching ahead'Omaha World-HeraldWarren Buffett was back on the road Wednesday, making his first cable TV appearance since finishing radiation treatments for prostate cancer. “It got tiring after awhile,” he told CNBC interviewer Becky Quick, noting that he gets “hot flashes” from ...